Cyclone Xavier (2007)
Cyclone Xavier reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between October 20, 2006 and October 26, 2006, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Xavier, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2007 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- October 20, 2006 to October 26, 2006
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 927 mb (27.37 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 303 km (188 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 115 nmi (213 km, 132 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 205 nmi (380 km, 236 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- SH012007
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 9.5S 167.9E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 9.6S 168.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 9.8S 168.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 10.0S 168.1E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 10.2S 168.0E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 10.5S 167.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 10.8S 167.7E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 10.9S 167.4E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 11.1S 167.6E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 11.3S 167.8E | 65 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 11.6S 168.1E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 12.0S 168.3E | 80 kt | 963 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 12.5S 168.5E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 12.8S 168.7E | 90 kt | 954 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 13.2S 169.2E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 13.7S 169.7E | 115 kt | 927 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 14.4S 170.3E | 105 kt | 938 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 15.1S 171.1E | 85 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 15.5S 171.7E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 15.7S 171.7E | 60 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 15.3S 171.2E | 45 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 15.0S 170.8E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 14.7S 170.3E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 14.2S 169.9E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Pacific storms of 2007
- Cyclone YaniSouth Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2007
- Cyclone ArthurSouth Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm ZitaSouth Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm NelsonSouth Pacific · 2007
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2007
- Cyclone GeorgeSouth Pacific · 2007
- Cyclone BeckySouth Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Storm CliffSouth Pacific · 2007
- Tropical Depression PierreSouth Pacific · 2007
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.